Venue Chemical factory Cause Under investigation Location Dongying | Type Explosion, fire Date 31 August 2015 Total number of deaths 5 | |
Time ~23:22 CST (~15:30 UTC) onwards | ||
The 2015 Dongyin explosion was an explosion that occurred at the Diao Kou Xiang Bin Yuan Chemical Co. located within the Dongying Economic Development Zone in Dongying, Shangdong, China, starting on Monday, 31 August 2015, and killing five people.
Events
The blast was so massive it could be seen and heard from a great distance. The subsequent blaze was extinguished about five hours later.
Twelve government officials and company executives were detained.
References
2015 Dongying explosion Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA